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this is bbc world news america. the president of alice -- el salvador says he doesn't have the power to return a man mistakenly deported from the u.s. tens of thousands of people have fled sudan, trying to escape paramilitary fighters. >> 1, 2, 3. >> the first all-female spaceflight in over 60 years returns to earth with a star-studded crew on board. welcome to world news america. u.s. president trump welcomed el salvador president nayib bukele to the white house and a visit

that focused on immigration and crime. trump praised bukele for a partnership under which the u.s. can deport people little ledges are gang members to el salvador. bukele encouraged his counterpart to take a hard line on gangs. >> i like to say we helped with millions. >> that is very good. >> gave him that line? can i use that? >> we have 350 million people to liberate. to liberate 350 one million people, this is the way it works. >> el salvador accepted 10 more alleged gang members deported from the u.s. they have accepted hundreds of deportees to a high security prison in cooperation with the u.s. but president bukele said el salvador would not return kilmar abrego garcia, a maryland

resident to the u.s. government said it mistakenly deported despite a supreme court ruling. the trump administration is refusing to bring him back citing gang ties, which garcia's lawyers denied. trump suggested american citizens convicted of crimes could be sent to el salvador. >> i would like to go a step further. i don't know what the laws are, we have to obey the laws but we have homegrown criminals that push people in some ways, but hit elderly ladies on the head with a baseball bat when they are not looking. there are monsters. i would like to include them in the group of people to get them out of the country. but you will have to look into the laws on that, steve. >> let's bring in our north america correspondent who is at the white house. let's start with the case of kilmar abrego garcia, because

this has gotten a lot of attention. it sounded like the leaders are saying they will not bring him back. >> if mr. garcia's family was watching come those who are outraged by his detention, any hope he might be coming home anytime soon has evaporated. essentially the trump administration put the ball in mr. bukele's court. mr. bukele was here to consolidate his alliance with trump. bukele described himself as the world's coolest dictator, popular in el salvador because of his hard-line policy on ridding the streets of criminals. he and trump need each other and trump looks at him as key to the deportation policy. ultimately, criticism is that mr. garcia, if the trump administration believes he is a member of ms-13 gang they have designated a terrorist group, they haven't proven he is.

they haven't shown any evidence according to his lawyers. even so, it is about due process which they have not given him. they said it is up to el salvador, the supreme court ruled the u.s. has to facilitate his return but mr. bukele said, what am i going to do? smuggle him in? so that shows mr. bukele is going along with the trump administration's narrative and is ideologically aligned with the president. >> we heard the president talking, president trump talking about a homegrown criminal and the prospect of sending them to el salvador. tell us about that. >> go into many details, deferring to attorney general pam bondi who was in the oval office with him. he said he would like to include those who have committed crimes here, american citizens, in those groups he is deporting.

it is a clear sign that trump administration isn't just targeting undocumented migrants or illegal immigrants for deportation. he does want to deport naturalized american citizens and even those who were born in the country. he did say we would follow the laws on that but he didn't go into details. we are not sure what the process would be through which they would have to go through in order to send people abroad in that way, but it will alarm civil rights advocates and plenty of legal scholars who argue this would be unconstitutional. >> thank you. let's get more on the story with deborah, the director of princeton university's program on law and public policy. we saw the trump administration, president trump and el salvador's president saying they will not and cannot bring mr.

garcia of maryland back to the country. what did you make of that? >> what i heard mr. bukele say was limited, that it would be ridiculous for el salvador to smuggle him into the country. that is not what anybody is talking about. it was interesting he chose his words carefully. it seems clear, in light of what the administration has said previously about the arrangement they struck with el salvador, that the united states paid el salvador money to take people that they asked them to take and if the president asked el salvador to send the man back to the united states, there is little we el salvador and leader would say to object to the president's request. i don't think the request has happened and that is why it seems to me there is a live issue about how this case will play out. >> the president's critics and democrats say the administration is openly defying the supreme

art, which ruled unanimously the administration must facilitate garcia's return. the trump administration says that is not in its purview. is the administration defying the supreme court? >> i think it is clear the administration is already defying the lower court, which ordered the administration to report on its efforts to facilitate the return and the administration has not given those reports to the lower court . when this comes back to the supreme court, as i suspect it will probably in short order, the court will face a choice about making clear its own order about what it meant, facilitate. for example, the supreme court could direct the president to request the return of mr. garcia. i don't think that has happened yet. the supreme court or lower court could also request or require, ordered that the administration turnover at least in camera, in secret and a classified setting to the court, whatever agreement

exists, whatever treaty or other agreement exists between the u.s. and el salvador in this matter. those steps have not happened. what i suspect we will see next is the lower court, where the case now sits, issue an order that either becomes more directive, or we are approaching an order of contempt in which some administration official or potentially more than one is held in violation of the court. that is what we are looking for next. >> what about the point the prospect -- the president floated, sending americans convicted of violent crimes to el salvador? is that legally possible? >> there is nothing in the constitution or any current law passed by congress that authorizes the president to deport or exile a citizen of the united states for any reason, period. >> if you look at what the

supreme court said on the ruling on mr. abrego garcia, they said there is different owed to the executive branch and the conduct of foreign affairs and we know donald talked about using national emergency laws. put a national emergency lobby used as a way to facilitate u.s. citizens being sent abroad? >> you would have to point to a national emergency law of which i'm not aware. the alien enemies act, the law the administration attempted to invoke here with respect to his, garcia's deportation, as a law that applies only to enemies, in particular to nationals of states with whom the u.s. is currently at war or suffering and invasion. it doesn't apply here, at a minimum it doesn't apply to the citizens of the u.s. so there is no authority the administration has pointed to, or can point to, that is currently on the books

that are -- would authorize that behavior. it is unlawful, and act, -- more than that, it breaks a really deeply concerning barrier in the united states about what citizenship means, that guarantees the constitution provides for citizenship, they include guarantees against arbitrary detention and the guarantees of the rights and privileges of citizenship in the united states. the president has tried to strip some americans of birthright citizenship in one of his first acts in office. the courts have multiple courts, multiple judges, rejected those. i think we will see multiple courts reject such a move again if attempted against american citizens. >> thanks for joining us. president trump is expected to reveal more details about a proposed semiconductor tariffs

on chinese made smartphones and electronics after the u.s. presidents of the products would not be exempt from 125% tariffs on goods from china, saying they are moving into a different bucket. he added in a social media post, nobody is getting off the hook for the unfair trade balances. we are taking a look at semiconductors and the whole electronics supply chain. moving to international news, tens of thousands of people have fred sudan's -- have fled sudan's darfur camp after days of violence. a temporary home has been provided cap a million people, many of whom are facing famine conditions. humanitarian groups say shelters, markets and health facilities have been destroyed by the rs half. the un's has the rs have killed over 300 people including at least 20 children and this marks two years of war between sudan

and the group. the conflict has killed over 150,000 people. 12.7 million people have been forced to flee their homes and 24.6 million are facing hunger in what it calls the world's largest humanitarian crisis. it estimates it will cost $6 billion to respond to a humanitarian crisis were more than 30 million civilians are in need of help. in the last two years the number of people at risk of gender-based violence has tripled to more than 12 million. more than 6 million displaced women and girls face threats to their survival. i spoke to the u.n. women regional director for east and southern africa about the situation. i want to start about the latest, devastating attacks on camps indoor for that have been -- in darfur that has posted people displaced by the war. hundreds of died, including u.n.

aid workers. what can you tell us? >> we were horrified along with the rest of the world when we learned about the attacks that happened three days ago in door for. they resulted in the deaths of hundreds of civilians and humanitarian aid workers. this region has been sealed off from access. the people in their have no way to access any services because there simply is no access by humanitarian aid workers. >> we have also seen this report from amnesty international the detailed the horrific sexual abuse facing women and girls in the conflict, in the war in sudan. as you are the u.n. women regional director for east and southern africa, what can you tell us about how women and girls have been targeted by the

war? >> since 12 months ago we have seen a horrific 288% increase in demand for services, critical services against sexual violence, rape and abuse that women and girls have been subjected to. we know this is the tip of the iceberg, that there are many more cases that are not coming through for reporting for fear of targeting and intimidation. we know there are many more cases that don't come to us or our partners because families reject, they get ashamed by the violence, the sexual violence that the women in their lives have gone through. so there is that shaming and stigma. that is already a big reason why the victims don't come forward. we have an opportunity to spend time with survivors in the

temporary shelter where they are after escaping from khartoum. what they are telling us is harrowing. they have told us of how some of them were repeatedly raped. in the time of the conflict broke out, all of the protection systems had fallen. during flight, as they were escaping they were repeatedly raped. coming here, writing here, immediately not having services, to help them recover and deal with the trauma they have gone through. >> if i could ask, what can the international community do to help support these survivors and women and girls more broadly? >> there is a lot the international community can do. it starts with what we are doing. we are working with between 40 and 60 women led organizations,

local women led organizations that are there every day with the survivors of this horrific abuse at the community level, listening to them, hearing them, offering them a shoulder to cry on and also helping them pick up the pieces of their lives and face life again. these are women led organizations that are providing counseling services and providing emergency care, like health care, because there are infections, injuries that come with all of this abuse. also, they are helping them with economic support and livelihoods, helping them rebuild their lives as a means of therapy and recovery. but this work is completely underfunded. the women led organizations, the local organizations are receiving only one point 63% of the humanitarian support coming

to sudan. we are calling on the international community to say, let us direct funding to women led local organizations that are living with these survivors every day and helping them recover and be reintegrated into their communities. also working with their families to say, this shame of rape should not be borne by the survivors. the shame sits with the abusers and perpetrators. and demanding justice. >> moving on to other news. a u.s. court is hearing a case that could see metta, the facebook owner, broken up. by acquiring instagram and whatsapp, the company unlawfully quashed competition. the tech giant plopped them after attempts to compete come -- failed. meta says tiktok and ask shows

the market is competitive. >> this is day one of the antitrust trial in which the federal trade commission is seeking to break up meta which owns facebook and instagram and whatsapp. the ftc, the top consumer watchdog in the united states, says meta was able to consolidate a social media monopoly through its acquisitions, first of instagram in 2012, then two years later, whatsapp. meta has been saying all along there is plenty of competition in the social media space. mark zuckerberg is on the stand today making their case, saying there is plenty of competition from youtube, x formerly known as twitter, there is tiktok of course and it is important to note the contours of the case have changed since it was first brought under the first trump

administration in 2020. back then, zuckerberg and donald trump had a more cantankerous relationship. now they have seen a thaw in those interactions. zuckerberg reportedly actually lobbied president trump to try to pressure the federal trade commission to drop the case, but for now, it goes forward. zuckerberg is expected to remain on the stand for several hours, possibly into tuesday. >> let's take a look at other headlines. a man charged with carrying out an arson attack at the home of pennsylvania governor josh shapiro is said to have told police he would have beaten him with a hammer. he has been charged with attempted murder and terrorism. documents reveal the man allegedly climbed over a fence and use the hammer to smash a window before throwing a molotov cocktail inside the residence. the governor was inside with his family when the fire was set. no one was injured. harvard university rejected policy changes demanded by the

trump administration, saying no government should dictate how private universities are run. the trump administration urged harvard limit the power of students and staff over university affairs and reports students committing -- federal funds would jeopardize research that makes advances. the trump administration says it is trying to combat what it says is left-wing bias. eicher was government approved constitutional changes that crack down on public gatherings after the prime minister vowed to ban the pride parade in budapest. this ties the right of assembly to child protection laws but activist say it is discriminatory and the changes are seen as a step to strengthen what actor or bond calls his lip -- liberal democracy.

sean diddy combs plead not guilty to sex trafficking. he was hit with new charges bringing the total number to five. he denies them, saying he engaged in consensual activities. prosecutors alleged he used his business empire to kidnap and drug women. his trial is set to begin next month. president trump says proposals on a cease-fire in ukraine would come very soon. it comes up russia launched one of the deadliest missile attacks on ukrainian civilians in the northeastern city, where 34 people were killed. our ukraine correspondent has more. >> the missiles traveled 100 kilometers in 45 seconds, say officials, leaving no time to react. the second hit this busy street, causing most of the casualties. this bus was meters away from where the missiles struck. on it was a 13-year-old who

managed to open the door for others to escape. >> i saw a lot of blood, corpses and broken windows. i wanted to get out of the bus. i could smell smoke as if the bus was about to catch fire. >> he turned to his mother on the bus, whose face was covered in blood. >> are you proud of your son for what he did yesterday? >> yes, of course i'm proud. he got me out of there. he saved my life. >> as someone from this city, do you ever get used to these attacks? >> yes. it happens every day, just like breakfast. >> he was not wrong. this russian drone taunted air defenses over the city. recovery efforts had to be paused.

we have been urged to take shelter by the emergency crews here. because of the potential missile strike, there are people here who are hoping to hold a vigil for those who were killed yesterday but of course, nothing is immune from russia's continued aerial bombardment. the kremlin claim to the target was not civilians, but this conference center where according to reports, there was a military medal ceremony taking place. there is no mistaking the point of impact. the kremlin says it successfully targeted a gathering of senior ukrainian military officers. even if true, it has launched two very accurate missiles at the heart of the city center on a clear sunday morning. president zelenskyy invited donald trump to ukraine to see russia's invasion for himself.

given the u.s. president has again blamed him for allowing the war to start, it is an offer unlikely to be accepted. >> before we go, we want to show you another story we have been following. the first all female crew in more than 60 years blasted off into space and returned to earth on jeff bezos' blue origin rocket. >> left off. -- liftoff. >> the six women on board were katy perry, gayle king, lauren sanchez, the rocket scientist i shall bow, a civil rights activist and a film producer. the flight lasted 11 minutes and took the women over 100

kilometers above earth, crossing the internationally recognized boundary of space and giving them a few moments of weightlessness. that is our program today but don't forget, you can get the latest on our website, bbc.com. ? we are covering the stories we brought you today and we have a special video as well, looking at key moments between the el salvador president and president trump as they discussed president trump's deportation plan. our correspondent has analysis so do check that out. you can always follow us on social media as well. we have the latest headlines there plus analysis from our correspondence around the world. for all of us here on the world news america team, don't forget you can follow bbc news. we will be back in the next hour. stay with announcer: funding for presentation of this program is provided by...

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